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The Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology Shri Dayanidhi Maran, visited Paris during September 23 and 24, 2004. During his visit, he had a meeting with Mr. Patrick Devedjian, French Minister for Industry, IT and Posts on Indo-French Cooperation in this sector. He also met the Chairman of ALCATEL to promote further investments in India by the leading French company in the telecom sector.
During discussions with the French Minister, the two sides exchanged views on developments in telecommunications like mobile technology, broadband and Triple Play and Indo-French cooperation in the telecommunications sector. The two sides also reviewed the existing work on Spectrum management, IPv6, Networking of institutions (between RENATER - French National Research and Education Network & ERNET), WSIS and Smart Cards.
Mr.Maran also took up the issue of visa and work permit difficulties being faced by Indian IT professionals coming to France for fulfilling project related obligations. The French Minister responded that he would do his best to resolve this problem. Shri Maran invited Mr. Devedjian to visit India.
Shri Dayanidhi Maran also met yesterday, Mr. Serge Tchuruk, the Chairman and CEO of ALCATEL, and other senior executives of the company. He emphasized the need for ALCATEL to increase the visibility as well as the volume and content of this presence in India. The ALCATEL Chairman confirmed his keen interest in increasing the ALCATEL presence in the Indian Telecom market. Shri Maran also suggested that, since ALCATEL already had a platform of cooperation with Indian Telephone Industry (ITI), it should try and expand this platform and work through it in future projects including R & D. It was agreed that ALCATEL would set up a working group within the company to examine additional projects in India with a view to take these forward during the visit of the ALCATEL Chairman to India in 2005.
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